Vocabulary Teaching

Ping Dai
English Phonetics
GPTE University of Warsaw
17.05.2021
 b p m f d t n l Chinese syllable (Pinyin)

Initials g k h j q x
(consonants)
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Simple
finals a o e i u ü
ia ua
Compound ai ie uo üe
finals ou ei
ao iao uai
Finals
(Vowels) iou-iu uei-ui
ian
uan
Nasal an in üan
en uen-un
compound an ong iang ün
finals eng uang
g ing
ueng
iong
 Chinese
An Initial A Final A Tone syllable
(Pinyin)

A consonant A vowel — / V \
 The
P ing second
tone
Píng

A consonant A vowel /
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 The five-point scale

5
4

MAYbe What? Well Sure!

Zhao Yuanren
bā bá bǎ bà
māmá mǎmà
bī bí bǐ bì
shā shá shǎ shà
zī zí zǐ zì
 The neutral tone
The neutral tone is an unstressed syllable which does
not carry any tonal mark.

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Ping Dai
English Phonetics
GPTE University of Warsaw
17.05.2021